Here are all our forthcoming events that have been planned to date.
More will be added when they are arranged.
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Snowdrop & Hellebore Extravaganza 2012

Sunday 19 February 2012
Goodnestone Park Gardens
Wingham, near Canterbury  CT3 1PL map
11am to 4pm

Admission £6.00            HPS members £5.50*
Senior citizens £5.50        children under 16 £1.00
*Members bringing display material before 10.30am free

Event open to the public. Read more

Plants I Love to Grow

 - my successes and disappointments

Vivienne McGhee
Sunday 26 February 2012, 2.30pm
Boughton Monchelsea Village Hall ME17 4HN  map

Members’ lecture meeting. Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings before becoming members.

This month Vivienne McGhee, who is the current chairman of the national Hardy Plant Society, Read more

Special Spring Meeting

Sunday 18 March 2012, from 11.30am
Lenham Community Centre
ME17 2QT
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Please note this month’s meeting is one week earlier than usual.

Last year’s Special Spring Meeting with its mix of beautiful displays, both photographic Read more

Talking Plants ***

Otterden, Faversham
Thursday 12 April 2012
10.30am and 2.30pm

A visit to members’ gardens by a small group so that they all have a chance to discuss the plants they see with the garden owner and with each other.

This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.

Full details and booking form in the Winter 2012 Newsletter.

A Year in the Life of a Horticultural Photographer

Michael Warren
Sunday 29 April 2012
Headcorn Village Hall 2.30pm
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followed by
Seedling Swap and Sale

Members’ lecture meeting. Guests are welcome to attend up to two meetings before becoming members.

To end the current season of lecture meetings our speaker, Michael Warren, tells the story of his life and experiences through the year as a horticultural photographer. Read more

Beervelde Park Garden Day ***

Day trip to Beervelde Park Garden Day, near Ghent, Belgium
Saturday 12 May 2012

This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.

Full details and booking form in the Winter Newsletter.

Visit the Beervelde Park website to find out more.

And here is a reminder of what a great time our members had when they visited Beervelde in October 2010.

Talking Plants ***

Pembury
Wednesday 16 May 2012
10.30 am

A visit to members’ gardens by a small group so that they all have a chance to discuss the plants they see with the garden owner and with each other.

This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.

Full details and booking form will be in the Spring 2012 Newsletter.

Garden Open and Plant Fair

Sunday 27 May 2012
Eagleswood, Slade Road,
Warren Street, Lenham
ME17 2EG
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11am to 5pm

Admission £3.50                 HPS Members £3.00

Event open to the public

Talking Plants ***

Doddington
Wednesday 6 June 2012
10.30am and 2.30pm

A visit to members’ gardens by a small group so that they all have a chance to discuss the plants they see with the garden owner and with each other.

This event is for members only and must be pre-booked.

Full details and booking form will be in the Spring 2012 Newsletter.

Midsummer Madness ***

An Evening Garden Party
Saturday 23 June 2012

Following the success of last year’s Summer Garden Tea Party we are planning another special garden event, Read more